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NSBM - Concepts, myths and some ambiguities

Hello my virtual friends. What do you think if we talk about something a bit controversial this time? Mainly because there is a lot of cross-information, doubts and prejudices regarding one of the most bastardized black metal subgenres of recent times. Even by people of the same environment of the BM, who condemn ipso facto any type of expression on the part of the artists cataloged within this niche. I'm talking about... the NSBM.

I would like to clarify in advance that I am not racist and, in fact, I have quite progressive ideas regarding social and political thoughts. But I think it is necessary to unravel a little the concepts of this topic, to really understand what it is about. Since, as you will see later, not everything is what it seems in the world of nsbm.

2) The genesis of romanticism in the Norwegian youth of the 90's

If we analyze the principles of the origins of black metal we will see that it has many ideas based on Romanticism (artistic-literary movement that professed love for nature, preference for the old gods, individualism and certain nationalist ideas). Many writers and poets of the period profess their love for the culture and customs of their own ethnic group, of course they were different types of country or states, far from what we know today, and in the antipodes of the concepts of post modern globalization.

The first bands of the second wave (Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal, Gorgoroth, etc.) begin to profess romanticist, occultist and anti-Christian ideas in an era dominated by the passive and decadent hedonism and conformism of grunge and all the popular music of early 90's. Of course, such an uncompromising anti-populist message was going to make a deep impression on a whole generation of descendants of the ancient pagan world.

A generation had found his voice. Kurt Cobain got depressed and shot himself. And, suddenly, witches, ancient demons and various heretics found their place, as heroes raised against the egalitarian decomposition of Judeo-Christian decadence.

3) Youthful rebellion and the mimicry of the capitalist market

Such a combustion of revolutionary ideas was so incendiary (we all know the story) that the system had to do what it always does: absorb, swallow and spit a more decaffeinated and masses-friendly version of the concept (as happened with punk, in the past) and the fire started to go out. Renowned artists began to edit mediocre material; new bands were born, typical of a legion of sarumanian orcs full of common places and sounds without passion, and the great patriarchs of the musical empire sat down, satisfied, to wait for the next shout of rebellious youthful nonconformist to return to resume the vicious circle.

Faced with a panorama of these characteristics, the next step should be the recrudescence of the genre. This is how Raw Black Metal is popularized among fans of extreme music. But it does not reach only with intensifying the sound concepts. The system is always on the lookout, remember.

Therefore, what is the next step to achieve absolute artistic autonomy, with the guarantee of not having the banalization of the product for the brainless consumption of the masses?:

The political incorrectness.

Famine, from Peste Noire. Ambiguous and provocative in his statements.

Make the proposal as abrasive and offensive as possible.

Until today, it is impossible for anyone to dare to distribute a material of these characteristics. It produces rejection, indifference or fear, for the simple fact of not following the established dogmatic parameters.

4) Some contradictions and many other ambiguities

Obviously, the nsbm is not exempt from contradictions. For example, their beliefs are based on following a political doctrine. Something that, spiritually, moves away from the individualistic principles that black metal professes.

A doctrine forces people to think collectively. Nothing further from the flowering of being as an individual.

Ambiguities and doubtful sayings were always the order of the day, often for convenience or simple commercial vision. Famine, of Peste Noire, always transited a thin line full of ambiguities that distinguish their band from the nsbm niche, achieving great notoriety, even being intrinsically controversial. Another notorious example: Darkthrone would have sold so many albums if it was considered an nsbm band? Fenriz himself acknowledges that he had, in his youth, certain "racial prejudices" before declaring himself apolitical, "conveniently" in the commercial takeoff of his band.

Back cover of the first edition of Transilvanian Hunger

5) The black metal inside the black metal. Some conclusions

Despite so many concepts and ideals that can be confusing, my conclusion is that the nsbm is a concatenation of misunderstandings and ambiguities professed, even by its creators, which transmutes into an exacerbation of antisystemic rebellion. A paroxysm of highly shocking concepts, even at the risk of being something immature or a misunderstood niche, even among the same people who consume this type of music.

I do not want you to misunderstand me. In no way am I trying to defend people who support Nazism. I think it's wrong? I think that's absolutely fucking wrong. But, at the same time, I think it should not be banned or boycotted. Especially if we consider that it is black metal. A genre that was always antagonistic by nature. If this one takes away a point of opposition, it is normal to look for new topics that accentuate their animosity towards the established order.

The darkness and the devil no longer scare as much as before. And the leftist slogans were already swallowed by the same system. What is next?

Of course it is horrible, immoral, absolutely unpresentable, but the same system has created a monster.

Definitely, we must not lose sight of the fact that nsbm produces, in the BM genre, the same effect as black metal in its irruption in the music scene many years ago.

It is the little monster that does not let the old monster sleep peacefully.

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If you were interested in this reading, I propose to learn about some albums of this sub genre in this other blog. Thank you very much to all.

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Trolls should start calling people who choose to promote cultural Marxist speech policing in the current year (i.e. that fat faggot Cenk Uygur) “Armenian Genocide deniers.” Most American and Canadian public school students have never even seen any of this disgusting graphic genocide footage, Steven Spielberg should direct a movie about it:

Old-school democrats who weren’t too intellectually dishonest to disagree with Charles Darwin about the fact that evolution didn’t somehow magically stop happening to humans at any point in history were cool. Most Democrats today are just creationists though, they believe in a form of religious pseudoscience that will inevitably be debunked as technology keeps advancing called “genetic egalitarianism.” Acknowledging the fact that evolution didn’t magically stop happening to humans at any point in history doesn’t imply that anyone is inherently inferior or superior. Kt obviously doesn’t imply that any human is a “subhuman,” either. That’s just a deceptive cultural Marxist tactic that unethical moral relativists use to sell movies, they need to rely on appeals to emotion instead of logic. Marxist philosophers have always promoted ideologies that were based on intentionally contradicting logic to create pointless neverending “class strugges” that contradict evolutionary psychology. Professor Jared Taylor was born in Japan and he his views about genetics actually came from a less biased perspective than than the undeniably biased perspectives of Canadian and American Marxist professors. It’s not even controversial to acknowledge the fact that evolutionary differences between humans exist in most Asian universities because Asian educational institutions haven’t been infected by cancerous cultural Marxist propaganda yet. I’m also in contact with genetic determinist PhDs from other parts of the world where cultural Marxist creationism hasn’t infected “educational” institutions like South America, Russia, and North Africa. The “muh Western imperialism” myth Hollywood fabricated is ridiculously biased and one-sided. AI algorithms have already established political correctness contradicts science, saying otherwise is as absurd as claiming that 2+2=5. Just look up “C==“ or “The Google Memo” if you want to read examples of how technological advancement will inevitably make the fabricated mythological Marxist “social justice struggle” irrelevant.

Anyone who disagrees with me is automatically a neo-Nazi because I said so, I can just as easily resort to ad hominems to defend unethical moral relativism. Can you logically defend moral relativism or cultural Marxism without resorting to ad hominems?

I listen to a lot of nsbm,I listen to a lot of left-wing punk too, political views of a band or artist mean nothing to me if the music is good,today I've listened to kristallnacht,Aryan blood,anti-sect,exit-stance, chingford attack,crass and now have dub buk on,none of it has made me hate anyone who is different or doesn't agree with my personal beliefs.

Some of the best music out there is written by people at the extreme left or right ends of the spectrum,to shun them is to be as totalitarian as they are,what I'm saying is keep an open mind to any music till you've heard it,if not you could miss out on some great tunes

This was a far more sophisticated read than i was expecting a NSBM post to be lol. Still, very well made and insightful. As far as music is concerned, as long as its good, i couldnt care less about the message. To me, nothing is off the table when it comes to metal. From progressive, national socialist, christian, or satanic lyrics. Its all good to me

Cultural Marxists will always inevitably accuse you of having “white privilege” indisputably defend an ideology that killed 100+ million people. (WOW, DID ANYONE EVEN KNOW 100+ MILLION IS MORE THAN 6 MILLION? MAYBE SPIELBERG SHOULD DIRECT A HOLODOMOR MOVIE, 100+ DEAD BODIES IN DEATH CAMPS IS EVEN WORSE THAN THE HOLOCAUST FFS WHY THE FUCK IS EVERYONE STILL TOO STUPID, REGRESSIVE, AND BACKWARD-THINKING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE CURRENT YEAR FFS?) Dumb brainwashed Hollywood parrots inevitably always call you a “neo-Nazi,” (according to their personal definition of a term that institutionally privileged rich Hollywood producers coined) “racist,” (according to their definition of a term Leon Trotsky coined) and/or “authoritarian” (according to their definition of a term Theodor Adorno coined) if you disagree with them. You seriously can’t have a reasonable debate against dumb Hollywood parrots because they hate logic, math, statistics, and facts. Unapologetically culturally appropriating symbols from a regime that literally stopped existing over 70 years ago is an effective way to red pill dumb brainwashed Hollywood parrots about the fact that hundreds of other Marxist Holocausts they’ve never even heard about were even worse than Hollywood’s Holocaust that Hollywood will inevitably always use to force you to hate yourself for having whatever they view as “white privilege.” The real Holocausts happened in Soviet Russia and Maoist China, obnoxious sheltered rich Marxists who choose to act obnoxious in the first place deserve to get triggered by symbols from a regime that doesn’t even fucking exist anymore ffs. Go tell some fucking privileged millionare asshole in Beverly Hills to pay me Holodomor reparations instead of calling me “privileged” because of my genetic ancestry. Hollywood is by fucking definition more racist than I am according the mass murderer who coined the completely useless Orwellian newspeak term called “racist” in the first place named Leon Trotsky. Go read some books instead of parroting dumb celebrities.

Thank you man, that was really well put. I actually did not even consider that to be the reason for NSBM's existence. I do not agree with the ideals either but, it does make perfect sense why it formed! Very well written good sir.